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"Escape From New York" is a solid action noir by John Carpenter, although it lacks the punch of Carpenter's other three previous features ("The Fog", "Halloween", "Assault on Precinct 13").
And so, spurred by the recent assault of pre-season publicity, I decided to pay a first-time visit to Nip/Tuck last night.
The energy and originality is equal to his earlier efforts (Assault on Precinct 13 and Dark Star).
And then the prison scene in which Elsie (his new llama or lamb) tells her father that she is unable to learn under the harassment of a male student, to which his non-response includes the same transcendent jargon he used in the cemetery prior to his vicious assault.
It's simultaneously an assault to the senses (Oh, what bright colors!
(I know it's totally politically incorrect for me to call it 'sort of' when, in fact, she is assaulted and the assault is sexual in nature, though apparently no actual penetration takes place as Keach has trouble getting it up.)
Not so here, as Class Of Nukem High II is so bizarre and surreal that it's a non-stop assault on not only your senses but also your common sense and your physical being in general.
It's a two pronged assault against the senses.
They attack young lovers parked in lover's lane and actually sexually assault an unlucky/lucky guy.
The assault on religion is non-stop with the Catholic hierarchy living lavishly and wearing gold chains and big medallions and using foul language.
This film is well paced, building to the assault on Pork Chop hill by introducing the men and establishing their positions in the company.
One expects a predictable plot in a typical exploit-what-a-demographic-likes- and-take-it-to-the-bank Hollywood puke, however, this film will be a shameless assault on your sanity.
They have an idea: to assault mansions, mess everything up, to make trouble just to scare the owners... not to steal, not to break things.
A horror film that you need a psychology degree to appreciate??? Sure, it wouldn't hurt, if you're looking to gain a deeper understanding of the subtle nuances of this almost half hour assault on the brain, but it's not necessary.
This locket which had already been a conversation piece between mommy and daughter in law comes up missing from the assault.
It also claims to have captured heavy mortars, two ZU-23 anti-aircraft autocannons, five DShK heavy machine guns, and dozens of AK assault rifles.
Such a calibrated approach, however, combining a differentiated understanding of the nature of Saddam's regime and its weaknesses, has a better chance of success than an outright assault, or the dangers inherent in allowing Saddam to remain in power.
It is a brilliant assault on what the author, who is Lebanese, French, Arab and Christian, calls “the panthers” of identity politics.
These trends will only accelerate as Putin’s regime intensifies its assault on the field.
In addition to being an affront to human rights, deforestation and the accompanying assault on indigenous cultures is a serious threat to the fight against climate change.
But, whatever else is revealed, the UK phone-hacking scandal is of a piece with the Murdochs’ transformation of news into propaganda: both reflect an assault on democracy’s essential walls of separation between media, the state, and political parties.
The nighttime assault on a United Nations employee and her family made international news, but hundreds of less well connected Burmese have been similarly abused.
In the 1970s, America’s financial assault on Germany, France, and Britain (for example, by floating the dollar) was met by a united European establishment.
The Indian government’s ongoing assault on pharmaceutical IP makes these findings even more significant.
The Russian government’s assault on independent media has all but prohibited the kind of deep analysis and investigative reporting that is essential to a functioning democracy.
Some allege that the government’s bill, by requiring a similar ombudsman in each of India’s states, was an assault on Indian federalism.
As in a family, only when people start to speak out and tell the truth about rape and sexual assault can the healing begin.
Early marriage, sexual assault, a lack of sanitary facilities for menstruating girls, and humanitarian crises are just some of the factors that make completing an education more difficult for girls than for boys.
Moreover, transgender people can be subject to physical violence and sexual assault as a result of their sexual identity.
None mentioned the Trump administration’s rejection of international institutions, either, or the attacks on the domestic media and judiciary – which amounts to an assault on the system of checks and balances that underpins US democracy.
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